Precision Spine has named Tony Dimun as special business development, merger and acquisitions adviser and a member of the company's board of directors.

Howard Levy, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Levy has expertise in knee and shoulder arthroscopy and sports medicine. He is an attending orthopedic surgeon at Beth Israel Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Dr. Levy provides sports medicine consultation for several college level athletic teams and is the founding director of GAME, a non-profit foundation designed to treat student athletes.

This month, Oregon State University-Cascades will open the Functional Orthopedic Research Center of Excellence in Bend, according to an OregonLive report.

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago May 11, Bill Munley, vice president of orthopedics and professional services at Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, described a model for clinical and financial success with orthopedic service lines.

Daniel Cooper, MD, will perform surgery on Baltimore Oriole Brian Roberts to repair the second baseman's right hamstring, according to an USA Today report.

Marshall Orthopaedics, in Huntington W. Va., has formed a partnership with King's Daughters Health System, which will provide sports medicine and orthopedic care to West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, according to a report by The Independent Online.

Vincent Wang, MD, an expert in complex spine surgery and neurocritcal care, has joined Texas Spine & Neurosurgery Center in Sugar Land.

Hooman Melamed, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon. He practices at DISC Sports and Spine Center, with offices in Marina del Rey and Beverly Hills, Calif., and serves as an adjunct assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Touro School of Medicine in Las Vegas. Dr. Melamed received the Depuy Spinal Fellowship award after completing his complex spin surgery fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He discusses why he choose the field of spine, the recent surgery on surfer Joey Hawkins and what he sees for the future of spine.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, James Lynch, MD, FRCSI, FAANS, will give a presentation titled "The Quantum Shift in Orthopedic and Spinal Implant Surgery."

Major League Soccer has appointed Damion Martins, MD, director of orthopedics and sports medicine at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey, as its administrative medical director.